Sewing and nursing service notes for Red Cross volunteers
The document outlines training and attire for auxiliary workers to support the Red Cross nursing service. It covers dress patterns for uniforms, materials like wool and velvet, and the preparation of surgeons and assistants. It notes certificates, exam qualifications, and the distribution of duties to volunteers, with emphasis on thrift and patriotic use of discarded garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etterwin
Bureau of Nursing Service
The
Red Cross
Sennacherib and Hezekiah Deliverance Lesson
International Sundayscool lesson for July 22 examines Hezekiah's prayer and God's deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib. It details the Assyrian siege, Hezekiah's supplication, the angelic intervention, and the moral: fear God, seek prayer, and trust divine deliverance.
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Hoyk
Hezektah
Mt Rings
Taylor Eyti
Hezekiah
Nineveh
Songon
Hysehiat
Adsyria
Jerusalem
Lokisti
Hezekiat
Phrwubl
Peuzers
Hezekial
Bund
God
Snckeloth
House of God
Fes
Bron IE Chron
Sean
Assyria
Senhaberth
Himsell
Jehovah
David
Sephaberth
Israel
Reducing Waistline and Ribbon Belts in Fashion Notes
The column discusses waist reduction trends with Venus de Milo style figures and urges exercises to slim the waist. It suggests a bending forward movement with arms reaching toward the floor, then exhaling as you straighten twice daily. It also praises very wide ribbon belts from waist to bust for fashion and notes vivid red and green colors in young women's attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette
Aris
Pinked Sport Hat Described In Obscure Visual Style
A quirky description notes a pinked sport hat built from rows of pinked white broadcloth with navy silk edging. The cloche shape features a plunked edge and a small crown detail. The unusual prose highlights textile texture and color contrasts.
Develop Forearm Exercises From Historical Guide
The text outlines a forearm exercise routine involving standing erect with arms at sides, clenching fists, and twisting motions to develop forearm strength. It then abruptly shifts to a discussion about sugar supplies and an odd reference to bees and candy, creating a fragmented, unclear narrative with unrelated details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Commission On
Britain
American Crops to Be Big and German Internal Turmoil
Edward W. Pickard Reports on the U.S. crop prospects, government controls, and food policy amid WWI. United States sees record corn and potato yields, wheat steadiness amid debates on distribution and Prohibition. Germany faces rising domestic strife, political shifts, and diplomatic setbacks as Russia advances on Lemberg and Western fronts see fierce fighting. The article notes food embargo discussions, ship shortages, and wartime economic measures.
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Edward W. Pickard
Wilson Ip
Holland
Germany
America
Wilkow
Empire
United States
Traels
Batock
Senate
Wilson
Hoover
von Hethmnn Hollweg
Inet
Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Relehsta
Relehstag
Eme Deror
Prugsia
Junkers
Zimmermann
Chang Hsun
Imperial City
Peking
Admiralty
Jumps Into the Soup Pot In Pittsburgh Hotel
In Pittsburgh at the Hotel Newell Jasper Cook, a Black cook, opened a box labeled fresh eels and found several large snakes. He leaped into a hot soup pot to escape, while police cleared the room of the reptiles sent as a joke. The incident ends with the snakes removed and the cook unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Jasper
Negro
Walter
Newell
Owl Causes Power Outage in Morganton, North Carolina
A Durham report recalls a nighttime outage in Morganton about 9 80 PM when electric lights flickered and failed due to a screech owl. The owl’s disruption was later identified as the culprit for the brief blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morganton
Durham
N. C
Seven Months Of Illness Prompt Mrs Kieso Recovery
Mrs Kieso of Aurora Ill suffered seven months of back and side pains and nervous weakness. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she recovered enough to do her housework. The company invites letters for free confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts. A unrelated item: a Chinese telegram delivered at Union Telegraph in Indianapolis caused delays until translation.
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Aurors
Aga E. Pinkham
Ao E. Pinkham
Mra
Kteso
North Ave
Aurora
Ill
Pinkham Laboratory
Lydia EB
Pinkham
United States
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Ter Union Telegraph Company
Viowsville
Ivan Bennett
Chicago
Bennett
John Black
Mack
Indianapolia News
Cuticura Complexions and a Poet’s Parlor Tale
An advertisement for Cuticura soap and ointment promises clearer complexions and healthier scalps with a free sample via mail. A humorous editorial anecdote follows about a editor and a illustrator debating a verse, joking that Milton wrote a modern doggerel and comparing it to a sonnet misattribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cudlenra
Dept
Toston
Ady
A Grasping Mind and Proverb Reflections
A weary citizen and a man who favors proverbs discuss labor hours and recreation urging Congress to pass a law protecting rest and leisure. The dialogue touches on gender norms and virtue with a satirical tone.
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Laura
Congress
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Mit
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Wiettg
Tibet
Greta
Hiors
Yininger
Mather
Baronu
Nursing Service
Ecomentite
Senator Sorghum
McA
Sennacherib
Judah
Lebwon Tient
Sulden
Strengill
von Bethmanndelsweg
Imperial
Omerrs
Eesperat
L. G. Katuiteft
Rasanary
Gallela
Tatler
Lemberg
Teuton
Wilton
Council of National Defence
Ston
Trade Commission
Dentin
Shipping Board
Hawd
Tony
War Department
Washington
National Guard and
National Guard Reserve
Tettons
New Yorker Herald
Great Britain
Thussia
Industrial Workers of Th World
Bisbee
Aziz
W. W
Anil
Department of Labor
Wba
Aditinate Volunteres
Russia
Tissa
Bensillof
Korniloff
Gastein
Halex
Hirusstloft
Masetor
Hele Cetilery
Flontah
Dunkirk
France
Chemin Des Dames
Kieso
Lydia E. Pinkham
New York
Ty George
Bey
Keidy
Milton
Mohn Milton
Cromwell
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